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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

GENERAL LoGAN's last book, "The
Volunteer Soldier of America" is now
in the printers hands and will soon be
published.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

THERE are fifty-one active volcanoes
IN Japan. This accounts for the null
titude of hot springs in that country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

It is reported that Senator Sherman
is at work on book of "reminiscences.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25

I'm Paris there are 400, 900 unmarried
men and only $4,000 married, while
there are 416, 200 unmarried women.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
Jack Franklin. an old colored Dol

Ter in Louisville tobacco warehouse,
was sent into the cellar to remove a
pile of dirt that had been long aecumu-
lating. While at work he picked up a
battered army canteen, very heavy.
He broke it open, and found s362.50 in
nickels, dimes, paper quarters and half
dollars, gold dollars, and S. gold
pieces. No one knows whose the money
is, and the old man is richer than he
ever expected to be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

SENATOR SABIN, Of Minnesota, has no chill
drsn of his own, but gives paternai care TO nine
friendless orphans.
PRIVATE SECRETARY LAMONT is quoted as
saying that the Presidents stay in the Adiron-
dacks cost him ''only 81 day
Mrs. CLEVELAND wore new costume for
every day she spent at her old college home,
thereby exciting the envy of many poor girls.
A FAN bearing the autograph of Buffalo Bill
and black and white sketch of Red Shirt, re-.
Gently sold in London for the mere pittance of
$3.50
THERE is something in the name Of Andover
that suggests protracted controversy. The
question has been argued over and over Audover
again.
COUNT ToLsToI not only wears peasants
clothes, but he makes shoes for his peasants,
and sends his own daughters to help them in
haying.
A LONDON critic says of Professor Proctor
that "for man who really knows a good many
things. he is in the habit of taking curiously
narrow views"
FEW WORKERS now speak of Henry s. Ives az
the coming fnancier of their city. He has just
purchased pleasure yacht. for which he gave
the little of $S7 coo out of his profits of
the last four weeks.
JOHN SHERMAN's only child is a daughter
named Mary. She is highly educated and has
travelled in Europe. She made her debut in
society last winter. She is blonde retiring in
manner and of gentle disposition.
COLONEL H., of Virginia, had an old negro
known rs Uncle Ned. who, upon being urged to
finish bit of blowing before shutdown. said:
"G1ong! watts dc use er hurryn sol Oars err
nudder day termorrow dat amt chen been
teched yit!'
JOHN II. ALEXANDER, the Ohio colored youth
who graduated at West Point last week, is
young man of excellent figure and light yellow
complexion. II expect be says, "to receive a
second lieutenancy in the Ninth Cavalry. where
there colored men. / had not the slightest
insult offered me at West Point account Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
JULES yERNE.s GREAT STORY.

On the 10th of July the Journal will begin
the publication of new novel by Jules
Verne, entitled North and South Story OF
Love and War" The romance is based upon
the late civil war in tho United States sub
ject which, curiously enough, has not been
used by any American novelist, save in an in
cidental way. Whether the French writer
will give his fancy the free play which has
made some of his tales the marvelously en-
tertaining creations they are, or whether he
will adhere strictly to known facts in his
treatment of the vast material at his COM
mand is matter for each reader to decide
upon personally. In any case it is certain
that the story will be of absorbing interest,
and of character superior to great majority
of current fiction. The story will run for
several months, and viii appear in both the
Sunday and weekly editions of tbs Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26


King Demos is an ardent but not a reverent
worshipper of his idols. Mr.. Gladstone had his
hand nearly shaken off at the recent converea-
zione of Liberal ladies at Kensington and on
Monday he was compelled to shut the crowd out
from Hawarden Park. lowing to the amount of
damage done in former years By large excursion
parties" The rage for relics which rendered It
once almost i'm possible to keep a saints bones
in his grave has now taken q turn in the direc-
ton OF statemen-and murderers. as last weeks
sale of curiosities proved. Unless popular idola-
century ia inner holy of tho holes The
chief of the Salvation Army. finding their hands
squeezed into useless aching jelly by the
rough grasp of his adherents. issued a ukass
against hand shaking. Mr.. Gladstone will have
to do the same.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

ON the question of the permanency of the
natural-gas supply; Wilson Vance, president
Of tha Findlay Chamber of Commerce, says:
s'Our wells about Findlay show a constantly
Increasing PRESSURE. The pressure has not in
creased to tremendous extent, of course, but
with very few exceptions all our wells show
larger yield to-day than they did when they first
came in' For instance, the first well that
came in nearly three years ago, furnished,
at that time, 250, 900 cubic feet of gas every
twenty four hours. 1t now furnishes over
300. 600 cubic feet in the same length of time.
We have no wells that ever did yield gas that
do not yield as much now as they did in the
beginning, except two which were bored
far into the oil field that the oil choked them
up, while, as l said before nearly all of them
have greater capacity to-day than they did
when the first came in Our oil wells do
not fail They seem to be reliable In their
fow or in the amount of oil they produce, as
is a spring or tidal stream. You must re-
men. Der that while this increase in the amount
of gas furnished has been going we have
bored quite a number of additional wells"
This was written on the Goth inst. Mr..
Vance offers some conjectures as to the origin
Of the gas and sources of supply. These are
not important Tho point of interest is his
statement that the Findlay wells, so far from
showing any diminuture of supply, show,
rather, an increase.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
THE DUST NUISANCE.

In this leafy month of June, when nature
is at her best, and when the trees, and shrub
berry, and ample lawns should make Indianap-
oils appear at her best. also, the all-pervading
dust dims and dishgures the freshness and
beauty Of what should be the citys chief
attractions Trees are gray which should be
green, and front yards whose owners
,pense necessary in keeping the dust
washed off are in like condition.
Outside of a very limited territory where the
streets are thoroughly sprinkled existence it
self is made burdensone by the prevalence of
dust Dust enters at every crack and crevice;
it Injuries fine furniture; it Sits into closets
and settles upon clean garments; it enters
pantry and dining-room, and in thousand
WAYS render, the work of the housekeeper
heavier than should be the case; it spoils
the work of the washerwoman; it adds
to the task of the weary mother,
who tries to keep her children clean;
1t soils the goods of the merchant;
there is no citizen. in fact, whose comfort
6uA happiness are I8J oy tAo ouSb'
The lack of sprinkled streets detracts from the
advantages Of the city as place of residence,
being in itself so great an objection as to out
weigh many merits. Of the magnitude of
this evil every member of the City Council is
aware, but when citizens desire to
know whether or not it is pos
sible to have the nuisance abated
no interest is taken in the matter by
these public guardians. An inquiry into the
subject is referred to a convenient committee,
the committee forgets 20 investigate and re-
port, and that, apparently, is the end of the
matter 1t is not the end, however. The
residents OF indianapolis are just
awakening to the fact that they
have endured village accommodations
and ways of life long enough and are deter
mined to improve tho situation and enjoy
some Of the benefits usually found in cities, or
know the reason why. To begin with, if
there is way by which the dust can be laid
at public expense, will the Council say SO, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

A PROMINENT business man of Louisville
who knew Craig Tolliver, relates the follow
ing incident. II occurred at hotel, in More
head, kept by woman who was a relative Of
Tolliyer. 1--WE were talking. one day, when
Craig was there" says the Louisville man,
"of Bowling's having killed his father-in-law,
up in Ohio, and his chance to escape punish
ment. Tolliver said: You can't do anything
with an Ohio jury. There's no use arguing
with them; they'll convict Bowling, sure.
Now, if he was only in Kentucky, we'd stand
some show Well replied the hostess. 'he
ought to have known better. anyhow, than to
have killed his father-in-law.' This was
not very bad woman. She wouldn't have
killed her father-in-law. Mr.. Tolliver's criti-
cism on Ohio juIies was that of an expert.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

TOUCHED with Anglo-mania, as it is, the
New York Post, nevertheless, finds it difficult
to look with complacency upon the lionizing
Of Buffalo Bill by the English nobility, and
even goes so far as to declare that it seems
s'very odd to see the highest circles of a civil
lied nation paying to the proprietor of an
equestrian show all the honor it could bestow,
ami sEr more than it would bestow, on a great
author, or inventor, or statesman" 1t may
be s'odd," but this adulation of men of an
equestrian turn isan English Characteristic, and
should certainly excite no surprise in so close
follower of British ideas as the Post. Does
it not remember the worship of the jockey
Archer, and the mourning into which all
England, from the Prince of Wales down,
was cast by his death7 Did not even the Post
itself indulge in few brief but pathetic
words of regret for the jockeys untimely
demisef Why, then, this establishment when
Buffalo Bill steps into Archers place in En-
rlish affections7
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
An Impudent Young Man.

Boston Transcr1pt.
The modern young man is a suspicious wretch.
aud about as accessible to simple, old fashioned
feminine wiles as-as haiibut. There is Pei
ham, for instance. Last spring he was compelled
to ride a mile or to borrow hairpns and other
necessaries of life for young woman who, after
getting we'll out of the city on horseback, pro-
fessed to be in torment lest her hair should slip
from it's fastenings. ''She looked abominahly
ungrateful'' says Pelham, telling the story $50
the other day, knowing that she going to
join party, had my sister make up neat
little package of pins. and a comb. and strings,
what shall dot" about six times, and had never
theiess insisted trottng and brought her
tresses into reasonably becoming confusion,
brought out that parcel and offered it to her.
Well. I'm alive to tell of it, but it is not her
fault!n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
STANLEY AS A CoNrEDEKArE.
Story of the Great Explorers Early Career
How His Service Came to an End.

Story of the Great Explorers Early Career
How His Service Came to an End.
Little Rock (Ark.) SPECIAL.
Of course Henry NJ. Stanley the great African
explorer, is known by reputation to every body.
But in conversation to-day with Col Lee l..
Thompson, who was State Senator from this
county two years ago. your correspondent learn
ed the following bit of information concerning
the explorers early career in Arkansas that will
be Interesting to everybody. In 1862 Stanley
entered the confederate service first leuten-
ant in Captain Whitsetts company. Col. Lee L.
Thompsons regiment. He was a bright, spark
ling young man, about ) feet 81 inches in height,
weighing about 135 pounds. and in complexion a
blonde. For while he was the life of his COM
pany, his experience in the world, his native
shrewdness and liberal education combining to
make him the center of attraction in the camp
In the spring of 1868 the regiment was camped
on the Arkansas river just below Ozark, and
while thus camped payday rolled around. The
quartermaster was also paymaster, and, although
irregular in procedure, he would foot up the
amount due each company and turn the gross
amount over to the senior officer of the company
for distribution among the soldiers
At this time Captain Whitsett was absent, and
Lieutenant Stanley was, of course the senior of
fcer, acting captain. Into his hands the
money was placed to pay out to the men. That
morning he obtained leave of absence for the
day and at once rode away into the country.
When night began to draw her sable robes around
the scenes of nature, the young lieutenant was
still absent Knowing him to be Northern man.
the soldiers at once became uneasy, and without
hesitancy expressed their fears to Col. Thomp
son. Next morning Col. Thompson started two
in pursuit OF the absent man. They got on
his trail and followed him to the Rio Grande
river, but were unable to catch him. He had
money, and would occasionally buy fresh horse
The two men sent after Stanley were gone forty
days.
Stanley worked his way North, and later on.
during the conflict. returned TO Arkansas with
the Union forces, butfthis time his weapon was
the pen. not the sword-he was the correspond
emit of the New York Herald. The above is au-
thentc history. detailed by Col Thompson, but
appearing in print for the first time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
1t Was Not DR.. Withrow.


The band played and the crowd roared as Mr..
Kelly and his eight shadows came marching -
from the clubhouse, and above the din rose
shril but not unmusical baritone voice suggesting
a Willingness TO venture $40 even on the Boston
prodigy against his Chicago foeman. The pos.
SCISSOR of this baritone voice bore striking per-
sonal resemblance to the Rev. DR.. Withrow, OF
this city, but il seemed beyond the pale OF pos
ability that the Rev DR. Withrow should loom
up at base ball match with an anxiety to wagef
money the result
NO SIR" said the baritone voice IN answer to
an INQUIRY II am not the Rev. Dr. Withrow;
this is the seventh time to-day that have been
mistaken for that eminent divine l am Fl. c.
Barnabee the veteran Boston buffo, aud Next
season l am going to have opera company on
the road that will appeal for support to the best
element of church society circles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

IT is an unfortunate state of affairs when
the reported illness of Jay Gould causes a dis
turbance in the New York stock market
Some day he viii die, and perhaps it would be
wise for the business world to adjust itself to
the certainty Of that event.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
To American Walters.

Chicago Herald.
The way to feed Sarah Bsrnhardts tiger is to
make crowbar with eye at tine end and
another at foot from the end. Tie a rope at
the end; run the rope through the inner eye. run
the tiger through the loop. and then pull the
rope. In this way the tiger be carried at
the length of the c-owbar. If he object to the
loop he can be hit well with the crow bar. and if
Sarah object she can be hit with the whole out
fit. The authorities at the Chicago parks have
handled many of the great cats in this way, and
have never had to smite any body yet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

Mr.. ROBERT GARRETT, the Baltimore mill
ionaire, forgot that gas was combustible. He
fooled with it and got his fingers burned to
the tune Of 5000, ooo Report says he has been
sufficiently amused.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
MINOR MENTION.

A PRETTY incident occurred at Akron, o.. a
few days ago. Mr.. John r. Buchtel, wealthy
man, and the founder of Buchtel College. lives
there. Besides endowing the college he eontin-
ued to treat it literally. About three months
ago he was stricken with paralysis. the result Of
overwork and excitement brought on by an ex-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26
The Coffee Trade.

New YORK, June 25-To-day coffee had some
what of a reaction from last nights depressed
closing price. The market advanced thirty
points for July, which gave the scalpers and out
siders considerable faith in il. that better
prices now looked for. Morton, Weyl q
Revany, who got caught in the drop last week,
were reinstatsd on the floor to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

A REAL estate transaction of more than local
interest has just been concluded in New York.
The New York 6 Harlem Railroad Company
has sold to James E. Woodward president of
the Hanover National Bank, the Madison square
Garden for 81 100000 Mr.. Woodward after
ward transferred the property to the Madison
square Garden Company for sl,5O00oO ''par val
'ue' of the company's stock and the company
will remove the old structure that now occupies
the square and erect amusement house at a
cos of 81. O00. 600.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

if not, give the reason7 The people will then
know what is their own duty in the way OF
securing this improvement in the future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

The Sunday Journal has double the cir
culation Of any Sunday paper in Indiana.
Price five cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26


those SO engaged A daily average of l33 men
are engaged in the wards at various duties.
The women inclined to scatter out over
the grounds. not remaining together, nor in one
place. Some have fancy for going among the
shrubbery where, talking to herself, each will.
Opheia-like make bouquets and wreaths, pick
ing off bits of evergreen and twining it with
leaves and grasses. Others have a penchant for
hunting pebbles or luck ystones and shells, while
others delight in making miniature gardens in
the dust, as children do Superintendent Fletchsr
says that il the place afforded the room he
would like to give to each female patient who
desires little piece of ground for cultivation
as a garden. and thinks that such employment
would be beneficial He remarked that nearly
all the women delight to pick things, and said
he could take hundred of the worst female
patients out to pick peas. beans. spinach or any
and have good time. While the srreet-cars
that enter the grounds somewhat of nuis-
ance, because of the dust they make, they afford
the women patients q never-ending series Of sur-
prises, each arrival and departure seemingly be-
ing special novelty. Strange to say. the
women play Tooth ball with much heartiress,
while the men utterly ignore the game. There
are many ground-squirrels about the place. and
these beautiful little creaturns run about among
the female patients when they are out under
the trees, wholly without fear: On TWO or three
occasions the women have brought these ami
mails into the wards
There many very deplorable cases taken
out upon the grounds some whom the brightest
and most sunshiny day, the most beautiful sur
roundings in flowers and foliage, fail TO impress
in the least. OF such is one who is called 1.-The
Polar Bear" woman VINO, noticing nothing.
keeps up a constant dog-t rot walk backward and
forward, like a Gagged animal Another is a
woman who insists that she is dead. Wringing
her hands. she pleads pltifuy of any one who
comes near to bury her. Don't keep my body
any longer; oh, don't keep l want 70 be
buried. Oh do bury me-" keeping up the same
refrain all day long, day il and day out Other
patients find the most varied occupations, their
mind machinery being constantly at work.
Among these is an elderly woman who usually
signs herself-and she is much addicted to pen,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-26

A NEW YORK court has just decided life in
surance case of some interest. The policy-holder
had given his note for he first premium. and be-
fore the policy was delivered had died. The
company commended that the premium had not
been paid and that the agent had exceeded his
authority in taking the note The court decided
in favor of the company This may be good
law, but suppose the policy had been made out
and payment of the note demanded and the ap-
plicant h ad refused to pay on the ground that he
had changed his mind, would the company have
released him?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-09

AT the First Baptist church there will
be service ut 10:45 u. m. and 7:30 D. m
The meeting for Young men at the Y
NJ. Z. A. rooms tomorrow at $3.50 p. m,
will be led by Mr.. Chas. F. Gates, of
Davenport. A cordial invitation is ex.
tended to all Young men.
Easter services will be held at Trinity
church tomorrow at and l0:45 a. m.
and at 3 and 7:30 p. m. Bishop Burgess
makes annual visitat:ons to the parish at
this time, administering the rites of con-
q nation.
In the Central PRESBYTERIAN church the
Rev Geo. B Black will preach at 10:45
a m. aud 7.30 P. N. Subject at 10:45 a
m, Resurrection of Christ" SUNDAY
school at $50 a. m, W. H. Hatch, SUI
perintendent Young peoples meeting
at $50 a, m
Easter Meditalions," at 1O:45 a m.
and "A Plea for the Soul" at 7:3O D. NJ,
will he the subjects at the Christian
chapel, the Rev. j. H Wright, pastor.
Sunday school at 9:l5 a. m, II. Fl,
Sears, superintendent. Mission Sunday
school in School bnilding No. 5, al $50
p, m, Geo. J, NJ. Colburn. superintend-
ent. Young peoples meeting at $50
. M
The Risen Christ thA Christians
Pledge at 1915 a m. and Lecture on the
Lite of Joseph: A Model Character" at
1870 p m, will be the subject at the
broadway Presbyterian church, the Rev.
W. 5. Marquis, pastor. Sunday school
at $40 m. DIR. J. W Stewart, super
intendent. Young peoples meeting at
7p.m
Al the young mems meeting at the Y.
NJ. L. A. rooms, at $50 p. m. the sub
Ject will be; BY Grace are Ye Saved "
-Eph il: 8
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-09

The body OF VIM Chanuon of LeClaire,
Iowa, who WAS drowned last Christmas
evening near Port Byron. WAS found YES
terday afternoon about O'Clock near the.
stone quarry IN East Davenport. and
later the widow and son identified the
remains. The coioner's inquest was held
this morning and the body taken to LIE
Claire for interment Last Christmas
evening Mr. Shannon said that he was
going TO Port Byron and started across
the ice. When he had gone about half
way across he turned around and started
back home. The ice men had been cut
ting ice few days before aud the place
where they had taken the ice from was
slightly frozen oveL Mr.. Shannon did
not notice this aud walked into the
water.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-09

The loss at the KrIleen stock farm
west of Davenport, by the burning of
the great barns, as described ia yester
days ARGUS. WAS fully as bad as first re
ports had it. Besides the cows. calves
etc. cremated, were IN my well known
racing horses. for some of which season
engagements were already being mado,
aud the names Of d few were familiar ON
the turf. The list of bloodel running
horses that perlshsi 10 the fire is headed
by MintZer, for which $50, 900 was re-
fused. Headlight, Jesse James, jay S.
Wills, Dick. Agitalor, Coney, Lee. Fri
umpb, Joker. Scipio, Maid of Orleans.
Talent, Fulton, Small Hopes, To-Day
Hendricks, Abbcrap, Aspire George Bars
rlngion, Lilly, Trade Dollar, Annie ScoGt
and Verify